PackageWe boughted the OEM version of Pioneer 10x DVD Rom (DVD-104S), which included
nothing more than the drive itself:

Installation:I
installed Pioneer DVD-104s into my PC. Since it is an IDE device I decided to
make it slave on Secondary Bus (after Quantum 6.4 HD). So I changed drive settings
to slave and after PC booted up it intentified as Pioneer DVD-104S 10x DVD Rom
0118 into both DOS and Windows. In Windows unchecked Auto Insert notification,
checked DMA and reboot. The drive was November 1999 model with v1.18 firmware.
After I booted in Win2k from drive properties I could set Region and change
it only 5 times. I also used Drive Info v1.02 for testing the region status:

I
connected to the Internet and found that a new
firmware update was available. I d/l the update and flashed the drive with
the newest v1.23.
After more search I found that some guy made a region
free firmware v1.23 for Pioneer DVD-104S!. I didn't waste any more time,
d/l it and flashed it. After this flash drive was intentified as Pioneer DVD-104F
10x DVD Rom 0123 into DOS. Notice the DVD-104F<< letter. Drive was now
region free!. However take notice when using that firmware. Read the instructions
VERY carefully! ;)) You can also re-flash drive with future firmware updates
from Pioneer (however region free will be lost until new region free firmware
comes out.)